Linked by Christian Paratschek on Tue 23rd Nov 2004 07:56 UTC
For this article, I chose to take a slightly different approach than the standard "Linux distribution review". As I have written not just one, but two reviews of Fedora Core 2 for this site, I want to base my review of Fedora Core 3 on my experiences with its direct predecessor. Update: FC3 shots here.
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" I constantly had problems with the USB memory stick I bought in September. When I plugged it in, an icon appeared on the desktop and I was able to use it. But as soon as I unmounted it and unplugged it, I knew that I would have to reboot to plug it in again. When I just plugged it in again, nothing happened. No icon on the desktop appeared and it was not there under /mnt. I even tried to mount it via the terminal but then it always said: " Resource busy"."
I struck similar problems from time to time with MDK, but discovered a workaround that saves me from rebooting.
type as root: "fuser -m /dev/{device}" (e.g. /dev/cdrom)
This will show you the PID(s) still running on that device, so it's then just a simple "kill {PID number}" (e.g. kill 1435). You should then be able to mount it again.
Hope this helps
Anyway, back on topic...I downloaded and tried FC3_x64 but had dramas installing additional software, so I've gone back to MDK_x64 for now. When the repositories build up enough to make it worthwhile I'll give it another try.